50.000 Taiwanese to form Human Christmas tree light by cellphones

Taiwan's port city Kaohsiung plans to mobilize 50,000 people to form a human Christmas tree to welcome Christmas without cutting trees. m&c reports.

"On Saturday evening, 50,000 residents will gather on Shidai Avenue in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, to form the shape of a giant Christmas tree, Deputy Mayor Chiu Tai-san said.

The participants will hold up flashlights, fluorescent sticks and cell phones so that cameramen can photograph the human Christmas tree from a helicopter, he said."

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